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The League of Nations was established at the end of the First World War and it is claimed that it was the Wilson's dream for creating new world order. The primary goal of The League was to abolish wars and keep the world in peace but unfortunatelly the laudable dream of Wilson lay in ruins.
The League was set up by the Treaty of Versailles in 1918. The main aims were to avoid wars, improve people's work conditions and health care in a simply case of making the world a better place to live. It consisted of an assembly, a council which considered crises, a Court of International Justice and a number of comittees such as the Health comittee.
As a matter of fact, the League of Nations had its strenghts and weaknesses. The main strenght was the fact that the League was established by the Treaty of Versailles which was signed by every nation and by the 1930s it had almost 60 nations as members. It could impose its will by offering arbitration or applying trade sanctions. The main strenght occured to be as well the main weakness because of the fact that the Treaty of Versailles was hated by nations. The aims of League were definitely too ambitious and it had no army. The facts that Germany, USA and Russia (the most powerful...

...certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not work together to prevent it." The League of Nations was Wilson's idea in keeping the world at peace and it had four main aims: to stop war, to disarm, to improve people's lives and jobs and to enforce the Treaty of Versailles. Even though the aims of the League are presently clearly ? historians still argue that the real aims of the League are not what they appear to be.
The League believed in keeping peace all around the world, showing shown clearly through its name the League of Nations. However, historians claim "The League of Nations, the unhappy forerunner of the UN, should have been designated the League of Imperial Nations, given that most of the world at the time was occupied or controlled by imperial powers." The League claimed that it would help countries with any matter, and yet when dealing with imperial nations or nations of the Security Council, it was the smaller countries that suffered. In the Corfu Incident, Mussolini invaded and it was Greece that had to back down in order for Mussolini to stop. Clearly this does not meet the aim of improving...

...WOODROW WILSON &amp; THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Michael Tejada
History 2340: US Diplomatic History
May 8, 2012
The world that emerged following World War I and the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles had changed dramatically from the world before the war. Remarkably, this world was not the one that President Woodrow Wilson envisioned. Enjoying unprecedented international acclaim and traveling to France himself, Wilson returned to the United States with a treaty that lacked many of the key provisions for which he had hoped. Wilson had only been able to successfully negotiate the formation of the League of Nations. Unfortunately for Wilson, that would be irrelevant because the Senate never ratified the treaty and the United States never joined the League of Nations. Two more years passed until Germany and the United States signed a peace agreement under President Warren G. Harding. These series of events are quite shocking because Wilson was unable to end the “war to end wars” as he had hoped. Many wonder about Wilson’s inability to have a peace based on the fourteen points he outlined during the war. Though there are many different aspects, American domestic politics and Wilson’s religious zeal for the League of Nations were the deciding factors that denied...

...treaty of Versailles?
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918
What was the League of Nations?
International organisation designed to stop wars in future.
The Paris peace conference was:
On 1919 Peace Conference was held in Paris to discuss the post-war world. Leaders of 32 states attended. However, negotiations were dominated by the five major powers: the United States, Britain, France, Italy and Japan.
The big three leaders;
David Lloyd George BRITAIN
Woodrow Wilson USA
Georges Clemenceau FRANCE
Main terms of treaty:
Guilt – Germans had to accept guilt for starting war.
Armed forces – army limited to 100,000 men, 6 battleships, no subs and no planes
Reparations - £6.6 billion was to be paid by Germany to Britain and France.
German land - a lot of land taken such as Alsace Lorraine which was given to France
League of Nations – International organisation designed to stop wars in future.
Some of Wilsons 14 points were:
• Freedom of the seas
• Belgium to have independence
• To end secret treaties
• Serbia restored.
What they want from treaty, their aims?
David Lloyd George –
Wanted to make Germany pay as he knew that the British people wanted to hear so
Land for Britain’s empire
To safeguard British naval supremacy
Justice not revenge, compromise between...

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Was the League of Nations a paper tiger?
Study outline
The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland,
created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes and
promoting the idea of collective security. It was first proposed by President Woodrow Wilson as
part of his Fourteen Points plan for an equitable peace in Europe.
In 1920s, the League had ever settled a number of disputes between small nations. It settled a
dispute between Sweden and Finland over some nearby islands. It also settled the boundary
problems between Poland and Germany, and between Yugoslavia and Albania. It also stopped
Greece from attacking Bulgaria. By imposing economic sanctions, the League successfully
settled these international disputes.
Moreover, the special commissions and agencies of the League did help solve a number of social
and Economics of the world. For example, the League helped the refugees from the First World
War rebuild their home, and provided assistance in issues such as protection of ethnic
Minorities, drugs, and education.
Superficially, the League had done a lot for encouraging international cooperation and
improving people's lives. However, it was unable to...

...European nations however was also one of the main causes of World War One. The secret alliance systems transformed into the League of Nation after the First World War. The League of Nations main purpose was to make, according to Woodrow Wilson, the world safe for democracy' and also to prevent the turmoil which was caused in WWI from reoccurring. The League of Nations had various triumphs however for the most part failed causing many members to lose their trust in League. Overall the League did not achieve their goals, and overall not preventing the outbreak of another war.
By the 1930's the League of Nations had 60 members compared to the 42 it had started off with. The main powers, also known as the big 4' were Britain, France, Italy and Japan. The League was sought to become a World Parliament' which is similar to today's United Nations. The League was a place where countries were supposed to sort out their arguments and discuss rising issues. The League also wanted to improve people's lives and jobs all while enforcing the Treaty of Versailles. The league however could not work without three major nations; The United States, Germany and Russia. America was not part of...

...In the final years leading up to the Second World War, it became very apparent that most countries would do anything to stay out of the impending warfare. Up to this point, appeasing the hot headed aggressors was the accepted way to go about international business, even if it meant giving land to a tyrant in the hope it would cease hostilities. On the contrary, giving in only seemed to embolden the resolve of the aggressors. Across the ocean from the focal point, the United States preferred to play an extreme game of risk, keeping its power isolated while Europe continued it’s decent into chaos. The ideas of those with the most power to curb the emerging powers had failed, yet the chances to deter another war were still plentiful. It would only take a concentrated effort of those involved; perhaps they could come together for the greater good.
In the final act of British appeasement policy, Hitler had asked for the annexation of the Sudetenland, which currently belonged to Czechoslovakia. The Scandinavian and Baltic states were a very touchy issue for the west to deal with. There was a good deal of pro-German feeling within that area; between 1933-1938, part of the Western Alliance was given very minor roles lest the growing Nazi influence made them feel insecure. As the Axis grew in power, the neutrality of that region was strained, and Britain knew it. To their credit, the British foreign government knew they stood little chance against the...